June 5, 2025

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Take Action To Stop Federal School Vouchers!

A huge tax cut for the wealthy in the form of a private school voucher tax
credit is in the U.S. House budget bill that narrowly passed the House and
is now being debated by the Senate.

The harmful voucher program basically functions as a tax shelter that
provides $5 BILLION per year for four years ($20 BILLION!) in
dollar-for-dollar tax credits for people who give money to organizations
that distribute vouchers. This voucher tax credit scheme preferences
donating to voucher programs because it pays out 100%, dollar-for dollar
tax credits. Most other charitable giving, such as donations to hospitals,
veterans’ assistance groups, homeless shelters, etc. returns no more than
35% of each dollar donated.

Currently, North Carolina does not have the type of voucher program
described by the federal bill, so it would add a NEW VOUCHER PROGRAM to the
current programs that already take hundreds of millions in tax dollars that
should be funding other state programs.

The federal program does not require voucher recipients to have ever
attended a public school (similar to current NC school voucher programs),
so the money will effectively shift tax revenue from the public sector to
private school families.

Don’t let federal lawmakers fund billions in private school vouchers
through tax credits while they make cuts to Medicaid, food aid for
low-income families (SNAP), federal education, environmental protections,
FEMA, and more.

Contact your federal lawmakers to voice your strong opposition to tax cuts
for our wealthiest citizens. Please call the offices of:

Ted Budd
* DC: (202) 224-3154
* NC: (336) 941-4470, (828) 333-4130, (984) 349-5061, and (910) 218-7600

Thom Tillis
* DC: (202) 224-6342
* NC: (704) 509-9087, (252) 329-0371, (828) 693-8750, (336) 885-0685, and
(919) 856-4630

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